Example sentences of "me tell you " in BNC.

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1 Suitably moved by the warm , fuzzy substances emanating from Kerr 's garage , Mark Arm grabs his harmonica , eases that ever-improving voice up several notches on the pain-ometer and dispenses such homages to excess as ‘ Flat on the floor , flat on my back/Let me tell ya baby I 've found where it 's at , ’ from the scrappy bustle of ‘ Great Down Here ’ .
2 She bade me tell you that she loves you very dearly , and has never ceased to miss you . ’
3 DIANE : THINGS sure move slow around here , let me tell ya .
4 DIANE : THINGS sure move slow around here , let me tell ya .
5 Claire , Annabel and I are supposed to help distribute the food , and let me tell you , at some of these do 's it 's like feeding a pack of hounds .
6 For let me tell you something : I 've respected myself far more for doing cleaning jobs well than for doing teaching jobs badly — and it is entirely appropriate that I should do so .
7 I paused for a moment , then said , ‘ Kathleen , let me tell you what I think would happen if I did as you say and then you tell me where I 'm going wrong .
8 ‘ Let me tell you , there 's no one better than Will Clark .
9 What you doing it for ? 'Cos let me tell you , the only people who are going to be interested in your bloody research are the authorities .
10 Let me tell you , Tony Parsons , what I as a woman hate .
11 To some degree we must all find the system best for ourselves , but let me tell you what I do .
12 Let me tell you of the images that spring to my mind when we talk about water .
13 Now let me tell you all the news . ’
14 I 'm as open minded and honest about my dogs as any dog owner , so let me tell you that I have the most beautiful , most gentle , most serious and most feminine Golden Retriever that ever lived .
15 Let me tell you to what degree .
16 ‘ Well , let me tell you what I think the election 's about , Mark .
17 ‘ Dr. Briant , let me tell you here and now that we are not here to make judgments .
18 We were , let me tell you , impressed .
19 And let me tell you , if you were to have come into our servants ' hall on any of those evenings , you would not have heard mere gossip ; more likely , you would have witnessed debates over the great affairs preoccupying our employers upstairs , or else over matters of import reported in the newspapers ; and of course , as fellow professionals from all walks of life are wont to do when gathered together , we could be found discussing every aspect of our vocation .
20 But let me tell you , there 's one thing you can bet on about Rim .
21 M. Dupont said something briefly which I did not catch , then Mr Lewis said again : ‘ Let me tell you , sir , I was appalled .
22 I 've had people try to put one over on me many times , and let me tell you , gentlemen , few people succeed .
23 Well let me tell you that you 're the one that 's slipped up , not me .
24 Let me tell you briefly what happened .
25 And let me tell you , this is n't the first time I 've thought of it , either . ’
26 Then her eyes sprang wide with the words : ‘ And let me tell you something , I 'm not spending any more nights on that bloody single mattress in there .
27 And let me tell you something finally , you ca n't hold a candle to my woman .
28 Well , let me tell you , I 'll be here when you do go , and God !
29 But this time when I go back I mean to stay and die there , because , let me tell you ’ — she wagged her finger first at the Colonel and then at Reginald — ‘ there 's a time coming when there 'll be no France and very little England , or any place else . ’
30 And let me tell you , you pompous individual , that there are more wars to be fought than those with guns .
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